Flee From Justice
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
To leave one's home, residence or known place of abode or to conceal one's self therein, with intent, in either case, to avoid detection or punishment for some public offense.
Streep v. U. S., 160 U. S. 128, 16 Sup. Ct. 244, 40 In Ed. 365; Lay v. State, 42 Ark. 110; U. S. v. O'Brian, 3 Dill. 381, Fed. Cas. No. 15,908; United States v. Smith, 4 Day (Conn.) 125, Fed. Cas. No. 16,332; State v. Washburn, 48 Mo. 241.